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CVE-2019-14905

Published: Mar 31, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
5.6CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.7%
Top 50.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

A vulnerability was found in Ansible Engine versions 2.9.x before 2.9.3, 2.8.x before 2.8.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.16 and earlier, where in Ansible's nxos_file_copy module can be used to copy files to a flash or bootflash on NXOS devices. Malicious code could craft the filename parameter to perform OS command injections. This could result in a loss of confidentiality of the system among other issues.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:HI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-20CWE-73CWE-668

Affected Products

ansible engineredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ansible towerredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ceph storageredhat
On-premDatabase
Databases
cloudforms management engineredhat
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openstackredhat
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
and 15 more affected products View all →

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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00021.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00026.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0216
access.redhat.com
and 17 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Mar 31, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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